From Bordeaux Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 19:19
From Bordeaux Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 19:19
this is a question i often consider too. i'd say that a lot of it has to do
with why you're listening to a particular style of music. i personally like idm
for a bunch of reasons:
1. i like interesting and unique sounds, which IDM seems to thrive on.
2. i find the technology and methodologies used to create IDM (and electronic
music in general) really interesting.
3. i like bizarre rhythms. :)
so, i guess i feel like the first two reasons for listening to IDM have a
stronger "hook" than the last. they have more to do with who i am as a person
rather than just a phase in my life. even now i'm finding myself listening to
more ambient music, which is concerned with 1 & 2, but generally not 3.
i also feel like music technology will reach the point in 30-40 years that all
this complex music we're listening to now will seem quite simple & that only the
few pieces that are made to be complete works and not just sound experiments
will last. but that's a whole different arguement...
ethan
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:18:06 +0200
From: "Irene McC" <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: (idm) friday's (musical) musings
This morning I drove along a flyover, irritated by the slowly moving
beat-up beige Chevrolet in front of me. Because I was stuck
behind him, I looked at the driver and saw a hunched little old man,
balding with patches of grey hair, wearing huge headphones inside
his car!
Besides wondering what he might be listening to, it also got me to
thinking what we (collectively) might be listening to when we reach
60 or 70 - will we be pulling out Ae's LP5 and telling our
grandchildren how lucky we consider ourselves to have been
around at a time when this was fresh and new?
Or will we have come around to Mozart? Or jazz?
I
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